News and reports from the Department of Labor.

Senator Murray Statement on International Workers’ Day

News Release: LAS VEGAS - A federal investigation has recovered $94,112 in back wages and liquidated damages for 33 workers of a Las Vegas construction company that denied them overtime wages by misclassifying the workers as independent contractors. The investigation also found that the employer denied a worker sick leave in violation of the Family First Coronavirus Response Act.

There were 47 notices published by the Labor Department in April, according to the Federal Register.

Release: WHO: U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division

Release: Employer name: Arrow Pest Control of Baton Rouge Inc.,

News Release: Company name: All Best Contractor Corp. 1403 Greeby St. Philadelphia, PA Inspection sites: 30 Boardwalk Drive, Eastampton 108 Bridge Blvd., Eastampton 57 Westmont Drive, Medford 99 Morley Blvd., Medford Barrington Court, Building 3, Mt. Holly (inspected twice) Dates of inspections: The ...

News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, issued the following statement on the recent reporting that the Supreme Court plans to strike down the abortion rights codified in Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey in the draft majority decision in the case of Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization.

The U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hours Division recovered $731,492 in back wages for sanitation workers in rural southeast Texas communities who were paid a straight daily rate despite often working more than 40 hours per week.

News Release: WHITE PLAINS, NY - Following an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division , two commonly owned and located White Plains fencing installation contractors paid a total of $206,904 - $103,452 in back wages and an equal amount in liquidated damages - to 18 employees to resolve violations of the overtime and recordkeeping requirements of the Fair Labor Standards Act.

News Release: WASHINGTON - Hard-working people in the construction industry in the U.S. build our homes, erect our roads and bridges, and raise our buildings skyward. They also strive to expand and strengthen the nation’s information infrastructure to better connect us and make the country more resilient at times of crisis.

News Release: Dear Dr. Lotvin: We continue to hear from patients who are experiencing delays and denials for insurance coverage of birth control products they and their health care providers determine are most appropriate for them. The Affordable Care Act (ACA) requires all group health plans and all issuers of group...

News Release: WASHINGTON - To improve the delivery of unemployment insurance services to people faced with obstacles to accessing state systems and benefits, the U.S. Department of Labor today announced the award of more than $20 million in equity grant funding to state unemployment insurance systems in Indiana, Kentucky, Utah and Washington.

White Plains fencing installation companies pay $206K in wages, damages to 18 employees to resolve overtime, recordkeeping, misclassification violations

US Department of Labor announces listening sessions for workers, advocates, union representatives on possible revisions to overtime regulations

News Release: WASHINGTON - Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh joined local leaders at Lorain County Community College in Elyria, Ohio, on April 29, 2022, to highlight how the proposed Bipartisan Innovation Act will advance U.S. global leadership in the technologies of the future and build on the historic investments in President Biden's Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.